Spring-bed.



J. ROEVEB.

SPRING BED. APPLICATION FILED sBPTJze, 1913. BBNEWBD SEPT. 15, 1914. 1,126,870a

Patented F6112, 1915.

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J. ROEVER.

SPRING BBD.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. ze, 1913. mIBwnD SEPT. 15, 1914.

1,126,870. Patent-,ed Feb. 2, 1915.

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J. ROEVER.

SPRING BED. APPLICATxoN 111131) sEPT.26,1913. RENEWBD s139115. 1914.

19126879. Patented Feb.2,1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application nled September 26, 1913, Serial No. 791,908. Renewed September 15, 1914. Serial No. @61322.

To al whom it' may concern Be it known that l, Jumps Ronvnn, of the city'of New York, county o Queens, and State' of New York, have invented a new and useful improvement in Spring- Beds, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My `invention relates to improvements in spring beds, and the general object of my invention is to produce a spring bed which has more resiliency than the ordinary spring bed, which gives to the bed when it is made up the appearance of having a box-spring, which has its vparts constructed and arranged so 'that they can all be made duplicate and the bed assembled in a manner to producean inexpensive bed, which is applicable to a great variety of purposes such as ordinary spring beds to support a mattress, crib beds, seats for cars, chairs, etc., and which is absolutely sanitary.

My invention is further intended to produce a spring bed in which great strength is produced relative to the amount of metal i, used, and in which the resilient portions of the spring are spaced apart trom the head and foot portions of the bed, thus giving to the whole bed unusual surface springiness and adapting the springs in such a manner that the bed will meet the various positions and depressions of the body.`

My invention is further intended to produce a spring bed which when used as a double'bcd enables a surface portion of one side of the bed to be made lighter than the other, so that each part of the bed will be adapted to support different weights, and also to construct and arrange the parts so that if more than one person sleep in the bed, the movements of one body and correspending part of the spring supports, will not adect the spring supports of the opposite part of the bed and disturb the person lying thereon.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specication, in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 isa broken plan view of the springbed embodying my invention, onehalf of the bed being removed. Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic longitudinal section showing the arrangement of the eXtensible springs in the bed surface. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the spring bed as shown in Fig. 1. Fig.

- view of the bed as applied to a crib. Fig.' ,9a is a detail of a part of the structure shown in Fig. 9. lFig. 10 is a broken enlarged side elevation of one of the spring saddles. Fig.'

11 is an enlarged sectional detail view-showing a means for supporting the hed on a bedstead, and Fig.' 12 is a plan view of the modified form of bedshown in Fig. 8.

rllhe bed is preferably made in two separable longitudinal sections each forming one-half of a complete double bed. so that the parts can be very easily assembled vand either section used as a single bed, or combined with a similar section for use as a double bed. Each section which can of course be of any width, is produced with longitudinal supporting bars 10 which are preferably tubular, and these at the ends enter sections 11 (see Figs. l and 3), which sections carry upwardly and outwardly exl tending brackets 12 adapted to support the' cross-bars 13' and 14 at the ends of the bed,

and on the upper and lower parts thereof, ythese cross-bars beingpreferably angle irons as shown in Fig. 3.` The top surface of the bed, and also preferably the lower surface, is formed of parallel flexible straps 15 in the form of links 16, which are hinged together as shown, and which are preferably, though not necessarily, rectangular, the links at the ends of the bed being hooked vto the bars 13 at the top andto the bars 1d beneath, as the drawings' show at 17.

At intervals along each Vstrap formed of.

the connected links, and on both surfaces of the bed, are the spring saddles 18 which support the vertically arranged spiral springs 19 which form thefchief spring sup` port of the top surface. Each saddle has a flat flange portion 2O lin the middle part from which is preed a \crown\21 havin on opposite sides lugs 22 (see Fig. 10) an these are adapted to connect vwith a wire 19 of the spring 19, so that the spring can be given a turn and its end twisted under the lugs 22 .so -as to firmly support the spring. It will of course be understood thatl and the springs.

the saddles 18 at the top of the bed have the crown 21 on their under sides, while the saddles at the bottom have the. crown on'- The flange 20 of each sad-y their top sides'.` dle is perforated near the corners as shown at 23 to engage the links 16, and also to engage'A the guys or braces 24 which extend diagonally one strap jacent strap., Thus a liexible connection be# tween 4the several straps is formed, and the strapsl have also thenecessary vertical iexi' Figs. 1l and 3. 'In Fig. 2 I have shown the.

arrangement ofv these extensible straps in a construction of bed whichotherwise is oldfashioned, the links 16 being supported on plain angle irons 13, and the springs 25 being arranged midway of the bed, though they can be arranged at a plurality of points.

I am aware that it is not new to use extensible springs 25 to form a connection between the bed surface and the angle irons 13 or equivalent parts, but this :does not givethe eect which I desire. By having the springs 25 arranged nearer the center of the bed and adjacent to the vertical springs 19, I get a combination eifect which taken in connection with the straps 15, renders the surface of the bed adapted to fit the body in all its movements, and gives extreme resiliency and also extreme strength. For instance, if one strap 15 is.' depressed more than an adjacent strap, the springs 19 and25 permit it, while the cross connection through the guys or braces 245V distribute a portion of the strain cent'strap. of the bed .were

of such portion, the effect described-would l not obtaln. lWith the construction Il have shown and described, it will be'understood,

l have the under surface a little shorter than i too, that the parts vcan be easily duplicated and assembled.

f '1 ransversely of the bed it is preferable to the upper surface, as shown in Fig. 4, so

that when' the strain is applied to the springs, the saddles 18 at the outer edges of the bed-wil] not move out and engage -the side `rails 33 of a bedstea'd.

When the bed is used in two sections as illustrated in Fig. 1, I have the cross support formed preferably of cross-bars 26 which are'arranged near` the ends of vthe bed,` and leach cross-bar enters at its ends a socket 27 (see Fig. 6) which has a raised rib 28 on the upper side, and this can be across from the saddle 18 -of' 15 to the saddle of the next adof the next adja- If, however, the middle portion l left substantially non-elastic were arrangedjat the ends provided with a seat 29 to support the bar 10 ofthe spring bed and prevent its displacement, "or if preferred the bar 10 be made to rest on the bar 26 opposite can the inner end of the rib 28 which`will prevent the .bar from moving out toward the rail 33. The object of this arrangement is to hold the bed sections so that they cannot slide out near the rail 33 and permit the springs 19 to grate against the rail 33. The rib 28 merges into a flat section 30 which is adapted to lie on' the rail 33, as

shown in Fig. 6.

. .The cross-bars .13 and 14 can at their ends be provided with brackets 31 adapted to sit on the rails 33 as shown best in Fig. 11, and the brackets can be provided with an 'abutment 32 to prevent displacement.

Vhen this construction is used, the crossbars 26 can be dispensed with.

As shown in Figs. 8`and 12 I have virtuallya double spring bed in which the two sections are united, and yet have independent vertical action. As here shown, it will be seen that the middle sections of the top surface of the straps v15 are not connected by the braces 24, so that the top surface presents two independent bed sections, while the whole structure is united in a single frame. This structure is modified somewhat from the structure shown in Fig. 1 also by lthe fact that it is provided with cross-bars 35 which are supported on the bars 10 and connected therewith by straps 36 or the like, and in this structure the cross-bars 26 are not used, but brackets 34 are affixed to the ends of the cross bars 13 and 14 to rest on the rails 33. In this form of bed the springs 19l are all preferably arranged lnear the center part of the 'bed withl the extensible top springs 25 as already illustrated, but these springs 25 are omitted from the under bed Y surface.

In Fig. 8 I have shown a crib having the frame37 to -which the straps 15 are connected at the ends as alreadydescribed, and here the under surfacegis omitted bultl cross bridges 38 are suspendef from the frame 37 by means of 'hangers 37, and'form supports for the springs 19| and their'saddles 18, as the drawing shows., The extensible springs 25 arel also arranged between the sets' of springs 19 as illustrated.

From the 'foregoing description it will be seen that I 'produce a very simplel form of spring having the greatest resiliency and strength,and that it is constructed in such a manner that' it will cost no more than any good bed, and further that the structure .can be easily adapted to the purpose of making upper and lower cross-bars at the ends,

longtudi-nal bars connected with 'and supporting the cross-bars, and flexible parallel straps connecting the two upper bars and the two lower bars of the frame, said straps having longitudinali arranged spiral springs spaced apart rom the end portions of the bed and forming parts of the straps, and vertically arranged spiral springs con. necting the upper and lower straps.

3. A spring bed comprising a frame having kupper and lower end cross-bars, iiexible straps connecting the two upper and the two lower cross-bars, said straps being formed of open connected links, extensible springs arranged in pairs and connectin certain links of the aforesaid straps, sai springs being spaced apart from .the end portions of the bed, and vertically arranged spiral springs -connecting the -upper and lower straps at intervals.

4. A spring bed comprising a frame, parallel flexible straps connecting the upper portions of the frame and forming thetop sur-face of the bed, similar-straps connecting the lower portions of the frame and forming the vbottom surface of the bed, extensible springs spaced apart from the end portions of the bed and forming parts of the aforesaid straps, vertically arranged springs connecting the upper and lower straps, and guy rods or braces connecting the adjacent straps.

5. In a spring bed, the combination with the bed surface, of a'saddle having a dat fiange portion, a raised crown, and outwardly extending lugs on the crown, said saddle being adapted to lform a seat for spiral springs.

6. A spring bed comprising av frame having longitudinal bars, brackets at the ends of the said 'longitudinal bars, cross-bars supported on the brackets, Hexible straps connecting the two upper cross bars and the two lower cross bars, extensible springs forming portions of the straps, and vertically arranged spiral springs connecting the upper and lower straps.

7. The combination with a spring bed frame havin longitudinal supporting bars, of the crossars to support the spring bed, said cross-bars having a utments thereon to engage the .longitudinal -bars of the bed springs, and said cross-bars having also rojecting bracketsv to engage the rails of a dstead.

8'; A spring bed comprising a frame, u per and loweriexible straps forming t e upper and lower bed surfaces, extensible spiral springs spaced a art from the end portions of the ed an" forming parts of the' straps, vertical springs arranged between the upper and lower bed surfaces, and upper and lower, saddles for the vertical springs, tlie saddles being connected to the aforesaid straps.

9. In a structure such as described, the combination with the upper and lower ilexibley straps forming upper andv lower'surfaces of the bed, of flanged saddles connected to the straps and provided with raised crowns,

and vertical spiral springs arranged between the opposed saddles and seating over the crowns of the saddles.

10. The combinationl with4 the upper and lower flexible straps, of the saddles connected with the aforesaid straps, spiral springs seated on the saddles, and cross rods or guys connecting the upper saddles of. adjacent straps and the lower saddles of adjacent straps, the lower guys being shorter than the upper guys, whereby the inner edges of thev outer rowof saddles on the' lower surface of the bed are normally raised.

JULIUS ROEVER.. Witnesses:

WARREN B. HU'rcmNsoN, ARTHUR G. DANNELL.' 

